Honorable Presidents, Dear Delegates,
As a delegation from Italy, we consider that we can bring out benefits and risks compared to genetically modified animals. It is true that genes modification and alteration brought physical changes in animals; they boosted milk production, increased the amount of meat in animals, and made their immune system stronger. Moreover, genetically modified animals are used in labs to experiment on them and to try new medication and technology before applying in on humans. These alterations and modifications occur in an organism to enhance certain characteristics. But are there any negative effects of GAM products on consumers? Is it safe to transplant genetic material from one animal to another without causing serious health problems for the animals and humans too? Italians were very skeptical about the safety of these GAM products, but the strict and tough control and the reassurances of the government eased the fear of Italians who began to use these products, but still with care. It is a must that we have to develop methods and ways to increase products as the demand and need of these products grow, but we are careful not to enhance these at the expense of people’s health. Italy always tries to balance between quantity and quality of products before sending them to the market.
1.25 million people die in car accidents every year and over 50 million are injured of disabled because of careless driving and human errors, and it looks to many people that autonomous vehicles are the solution to the problem of accidents and that driverless cars are the cars of the future. As it happened at the beginning of any technology. Scientists start with simple and primitive inventions that later develop into sophisticated high tech inventions. Autonomous vehicles face many hurdles not only in the cars themselves but also hurdles from the roads too. Road signals that these cars rely on need to be improved to help the car steer itself safely. We are not talking about road signs such as boards and traffic lights but about road signals, which means electronic devices and chips that communicate with the autonomous cars computers and guide them. However, the steps taken in developing driverless cars proved to be promising since Google driverless vehicles have covered over 1.7 million miles and have been involved in a fewer dozens of accidents that weren’t caused by system failure. Yet know that the driverless system is still at in an infancy stage and has a long way to go before becoming an efficient means of transportation. Also we are aware that autonomous cars still threaten the safety of the road. Are we 100 per cent sure that these vehicles are safe and will not cause any disaster? As a delegation from Italy, we are aware that these Cars are the future, but for the time being, given the risks and the costs that this entails, we cannot afford to face such costs and risks.
Jean-louis Missika: '' by using autonomous vehicles, cities are acting more and more collectively, by global alliances. ''
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